Combination of a case with a hasp for bag



Sept. 4, 1956 G. z. WERBER COMBINATION OF' A CASE WITH A HASP FQR BAG 2Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 28, 1952 Sept 4, li956 G. z. wERBER 2,761,458

COMBINATION OF A CASE WITH A HAS? FOR BG Filed Jan. 28, 1952 2sheets-'sheet 2 l-n venar Gewjes 'Lygmunf Werner United States Patent()CMBINATION OF A CASE WITH A HASP FOR BAG Georges Zygmunt Werber, Parisi,France Application January 28, 1952, Serial No. 268,567

Claims priority, application France December 7, 1951 z claims. (c1.132-83) This invention relates to the combination of a case with a haspfor bag, particularly ladys bag.

The case may be formed with any desired number and type of compartmentsdesigned to act as powder-, compact-, cigarette-case, etc. and is fixedby means of soldering, screwing, riveting, or otherwise to the inside ofthe frame that constitutes one of the arms of the hasp.

According to one embodiment of the invention the edge portion of thecase may be so formed as to constitute the frame of one of the hingedpair of arms of the hasp.

A tilting mirror is xed to a lid hingedly mounted on one side of thecase, this lid being adapted to be shut down on the case in View ofpartially or totally closing it.

According to a modiiied embodiment of this invention the mirror may behingedly mounted on one side `of the case.

According to another embodiment the case and its associatedmirror-carrying lid may be fulcrumed on the hasp hinge pins.

Of course, the hasp according to the invention is fitted with the usualtrimming of leather, pelt, cloth or other desired material constitutingthe bag, attach, briefor like case, regardless of the manner in whichthe invention is embodied in the practice.

The combined hasp according to the invention is advantageous in thatwhen the hasp is opened the interior of the bag becomes Whollyaccessible. Access to the inside of the case proper may only be gainedby releasing the mirror-carrying lid thereof.

Finally, the mirror is movable and yet protected when the lid is closed.

The attached drawings forming part of this specification illustratediagrammatically by way of example a few embodiments of the invention.In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a lirst embodiment showing an open haspfitted with a case the mirrorcarrying lid of which is open.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l but with the mirrorcarrying lidclosed.

Fig. 3 shows the same assembly as that illustrated in Figs. l and 2 inits closed condition, the associated bag being shown in dot-and-dashlines.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional View at a greater scale showing the hasp andcase assembly of Figs. 1-3.

Fig. 5 is a sectional View according to the line a-a of Fig. 4.

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are perspective views of modhied embodiments of thehasp and case assembly according to the invention.

Fig. 9 is a detail perspective and sectional view at a greater scaleshowing a case the edge portion of which constitutes the frame of onearm of the hasp.

Referring now to the drawings and particularly to the iirst embodiment,the hasp consists of two arms or frames 1 and 2 hingedly connected at 3,and 4 is a conventional 2,761,458 Patentedsept. 4, 1956 ice snapfastener. Bag means B are connected to the outside of the frames 1, 2 inany convenient manner, for instance, by pasting.

The case 5 is secured through any suitable means such as soft-welding,screwing, riveting, etc. to the inside of the arm 2. Preferably, thecase 5 is divided into a plurality-of compartments constituting apowdercase 6, a cigarette-case 7, a recess for a stick of rouge 8 andanother for a comb 9. Of course, this arrangement is merely given as anillustrative example since the relative positions and proportions of thecompartments as Well as the nature of their lcontents may be varied tosuit any desired purpose or use.

A lid 10 is hingedly connected to one of the edge portions `of the caseas shown. It carries on its inner side a mirror 11 and may be shut downand held in its closed position on the case by means of a suitablesnapor other fastener 12.

According to another embodiment (see Fig. 9) the case instead of beingsecured to the inside of the arm 2 of the hasp acts as a substitutetherefor. For this purpose the edge portion 13 of the case is bent inthe manner illustrated at 14 so as to form the frame of one Iof the armsof the hasp, the other arm being hingedly connected with the case andthe latter being also formed in this example with a mirror-carrying lidwhich may be identical with or differ from the yone describedhereinabove.

According to a modified embodiment shown in Fig. 6 the mirror-carryinglid 15 extends over one portion only of the case 16.

In another variant (Fig. 7) the mirror 17 is pivotally mounted at 18 ina frame structure 19 fulcrumed at 2G to the edge portion of the case 21.

In a further embodiment of the invention the case 21 fitted with itsmirror-carrying lid 22 is trunnioned at 23 between the hinge pins 24 ofthe pair of arms 25, 26 of the hasp structure.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is:

l. A handbag device, comprising, in combination, a combined frame andcase unit having a front face and a rear face and composed of a firstframe member and a case mounted within said rst frame member, said casebeing rigidly secured at its periphery to said first frame member; asecond frame member having a front face and a rear face, said secondframe member being hingedly connected to said rst frame member forturning about a first axis along an edge portion of said combined frameand case unit, the front faces of said combined frame and case unit andsaid second frame member arranged mutually facing each other; mirrorsupport means holding a mirror facing said case, said mirror supportmeans being arranged within said second frame member and hingedlyconnected to said combined frame and case unit for turning about asecond axis parallel to said first axis, said mirror support means andsaid second frame member being independently movable about theirrespective axes to closed positions toward said combined frame and caseunit, and to `open positions away from said combined frame and caseunit; and bag means attached to and enclosing the rear faces of saidcombined frame and case unit and said second frame member so as to forma bag portion, whereby when said second frame member and said mirrorsupport means are moved into said open positions thereof, said case andsaid mirror are immediately accessible, and when said mirror supportmeans is moved to closed position the interior of said bag portionbecomes accessible.

2. A handbag device, comprising, in combination, a combined frame andcase unit having a front face and a rear face and composed of a rstframe member and a case mounted within said first frame member, saidcase being rigidly secured at its periphery to said rst frame member; asecond frame member having a front face and a rear face, said secondframe member being hingedly connected to said first frame member forturning about a irst axis along an edge portion of said combined frameand case unit, the front faces of said combinedV frame and case unit andsaid second frame member arranged mutually facing each other; mirrorsupport means holding a mirror facing said case, said mirror supportmeans being arranged Within said second frame member and hingedlyconnected to said combined frame and case unit for turning .about asecond axis parallel to said rst axis, said mirror supportrmeans andsaid second frame member being independently movable about theirrespective axes to closed positions toward said combined frame and caseunit, and to open positions away from said combined frame and case unit;fastening means on said combined frame and case unit for engaging saidmirror support means for retaining the same in closed position over saidcase; and bag means attached to and enclosing tbe rear faces of saidcombined frame and case unit and said second frame member so as to forma bag portion, whereby when said second frame member and said mirrorsupport means are moved into said open positions thereof, said case andsaid mirror are immediately accessible, and when said mirror supportmeans is moved to ciosed position the interior of said bag portionbecomes accessible.

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